The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15
DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
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Aasies and 50 Saves the Liz Il
- ha Husband. -

] am = wood carver bv trade and Il i
ont II my line to write letters: but nv
wife thought e was no more than right
that should Def you know what your
remsdy has dons for ME. and think
b. tno.
] live in East 18th street. west Of
Third avenue. and have lived there for
about twenty-three 3 AIRS. where / own
real estate. Up % the time am about
% mention ] had been strong. well
man There was always more or less
malaria IN the neighborhood. but had
not personally suffered from IL Il was
IN los0 / had my first attack. II came
on As such attacks commonly do, with
hendaches loss Of appetite and ambi-
ton, chilly sensations with slight fever
Afterwards. a disposition 10 yawn and
stretch. and 50 forth was employed
At that time At Killians s. Brothers,
furniture manufacturers, in West 32d
street. ] hoped the attack would wear
Oh. but as it didn't ! consulted a well-
known and able physician in Norris
ania, who gave me mime and told me
what 70 do. I can sumup the first four
and half or five years Of my expert
enee in few words. Occasionally /
was laid up for a day OF two. bui on
the whole / stuck 20 my work. kept
taking quinine, In larger doses from
year 10 year, and Kept ongrtting weak
er and worse. slowly but surely. all the
time. My trouble was now well de-
lined and its symptoms were steady and
regular. ] had dumb ague IN it, worst
form, and it was grinding me down in
spite Of all that / could do or the doe
tors could do. Il held me in grip IKE
frs IN burning coal niiHe. The poison
had gone all through and over me and
nothing was able to touch il. ! MAS
fast losing flesh and strength. and about
March, 1884. | Knocked on work entire
" and went home 10 be- down sick. and
to die for all could tell. ran down 50
rapidly that | soon became unable 70
walk any distance Later went from
room 10 room in my own house only BY
friends holding me up BY each arm The
doses Of quinine were Increased until /
often took itvtg grains at a dose The
effects Of this tremendous Stimulation
was 10 make me nearly wild. II broke
my sleep all mp. and often walked tho
door. or staggered about it, all night
long, scarcely able to bear any noises
or even human speech My temper
was extremely irritable. As to food.
one Of my little children would eat
more IN a meal than | could in a day
l would order food and then turn from
It in disgust. | lived on quinine and
other stiinulants and on myself. like q
bear in winter. The quinine set my
head in a whrl. and the liquor given
As q medicine made my stomach so
sick | could not tolerate il.
From LIS pounds (my proper weight)
rAn down 10 81 pounds the weight
Of light girl-and was scarcely better
than = skeleton.
II anybody had taken a hafchef and
Knocked me dorm aud killed nse shoaId
Aars been better Of
During the latter part Of this period,
early in 1886. my physician said:
Miller. there's no use in my taking
any more money Of you. / can't do YOU
any good. / might pour pounds Of quiz
nine down your throat and it wouldn't
help you.
On the strength Of this gave mp the
use Of quinine altogether aud ma1e up
my mind TO do nothing more and taks
my chances.
Three weeks fterwards-about the
last Of May-my wife saw an advertise
ment Of Kaskine in New York paper
She told me Of t. | said: "StulT and
nonsense! il can't do me any good
But she went to a druggists. npverthe-
less, to get it. The druggist advised
her against kaskine: he said il was
nothing hut sugar; that she ought uot
to throw away her money on il. &c.
He said be- didn't keep it. hat couli -et
it if 'he insisted ou having il. Tern
ing away in disgust my wifi" spekr to
our neighbor. Mr. A. &. Hagewald,
vino got her a bottle at a drug store in
Sixth avenue.
Almost against my will. and without
the least falh, ! hogan taking il. In
one week ! Was better / hogan to
sleep. ! stopped " seeing ghosts.
began to have nm appetite and to gain
strength. Thi. was now the first Of
June, 1856. and by the end Of that
month was back ut my h"nch at c. P.
Smiths scroll saving factory in 10th
street. where / work now.
Since then ] have n,vrr lost n dav
from sickness, Taking ka-knc only.
about forty pellets in four qual doses
q day. / continued tu gain The ma